best restaurant pastry chefs in paris

[schneich]

hi,

we are visiting the salon du chocolat on the weekend, and we would like to have two dinners, with a

focus on a great dessert, besides christophe michalak, who are the best (and most progressive) pastry chefs

in paris and which are the restaurants they work in ????

thanks for sharing your knowledge...

t.

[Food Snob]

Camille Lesecq at Le Meurice has a good reputation.

I personally also like the desserts at l'Arpège and l'Astrance.

[julot-les-pinceaux]

I agree that Lesecq is the best thing about le Meurice and can be quite impressive. A pity you have to go through the meal first. Not sure that it's open on weekends either. I am less impressed by l'Arpège and l'Astrance than Food Snob is, but they are definitely light.

I think highly of the desserts at Ledoyen -- but it's also open mon-fri.

Not a restaurant pastry chef, but you may not miss Génin of course. Ducasse has his chocolates and caramels, so does l'Agapé -- but they're also closed on weekends.

Savoy's dessert experience is unique and is nearly half the meal, but it's not particularly progressive or even admirable as a pastry job.

Gagnaire is always special and has endless desserts as well. And he's open on sunday nights.

[HOLLY_L]

You may want to consider Le Pre Catelan. It is open on Saturday, and from my somewhat limited experience there, the desserts from Crystelle Brua seem quite impressive.

[Food Snob]

Desserts were the best part of my Le Pre Catelan meal. But the savouries I thought poor.